What's your favorite Beer?
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So I promised y'all a top 5 of some kinds… I had so many incredible beer ths year... I watched y'all post some incredible looking beers every god-dang day
I love this thread so much... Now: I will post a top 5 or top 10 maybe later on... It's only Nov 19 after all... But the beer that wins this year well... It has to be DE DOLLE DULLE TEVE RISERVA 2018. Not because it was limited to 250 (and instantly became a bit of a whale for some 'mericans); not because my mate scored the LAST BOTTLE in the damn shop; not because it was the beer I enjoyed most this year (I'll be honest with you: I'm not thàt big on sours), but because I have a huge soft spot for DDB... Absolutely anti-commercial, and also one of the first breweries who started barrel aging beers... STILLE NACHT RESERVA being of course their most known beer... Have two in a fridge somewhere... Perks of living in Belgium I guess 
One of the last things I did with my dad before he died of pancreatic cancer, was visit De Dolle... I commented on their hugely cute silkscreened metal tables they had set up outside and what d'you know... He was able to buy a brand new one of them from De Dolle... It has and always will be in my living room...
Of course... My mate got jealous and contacted them and he was able to buy the LAST GOD DAMN TABLE they stored on some attic from them
So this pic is just the best of all worlds for me... Best brewery, best table (thanks da, miss ya heaps), best mate, great beer 
Dolle Brouwers Dulle Teve Riserva 2018… Sold out in a mere week.
Dulle Teve that has been aged on used Massolino Chardonnay white wine barrels for almost 3 years.
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Great story @Seul Love this thread and look forward to it every day,even if it’s mostly beers that I’ll never ever get to try. You, my friend, are the glue that holds this wonderful thread together. And for that I thank you!
+1 here! Keep it up @Seul; this is a fun ,if unattainable from here, thread.
Well said @Jett129 .
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I haven't been on here in a bit, so I had to go back and catch up. @Seul I enjoyed reading your post, great story. Since it's Friday evening here, I'll post what I'm drinking.
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@Seul As the others have pointed out, and you being the resident connoisseur: Can you tell us what makes a good beer great? I’m sure most of us have had bad beers and a few horrible ones, but I can only guess what some of your beers have tasted like.
Is it flavours, carbonation, rarity? Is it like a good wine or dram of scotch?
I feel like I’m missing out…
Maybe you should offer tours based on beer for us deprived souls.
Really appreciate your help and insights!
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@goosehd I really think that’s kind of subjective as a great beer to me,might be something that you would spit out. I think we all have certain mental checklists when it comes to beer,and when you get a beer that checks all those boxes…BOOM. Having said that,for whatever reason,I absolutely cannot drink IPAs. I’ve tried and tried. So you could give me the best one and I’d pour it down the drain. But whenever anyone here puts up a stout or porter,I generally think,based on what people post,that if I could get it I would like it. Sorry for rambling.
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@Jett129 It makes perfect sense and it’s not rambling.
Tastes are all subjective. I’ll never be able to taste a wine and tell you where it’s from, what year it is, or the guy who picked it. On occasion I’ve had a wine, scotch, or cognac that has blown me away. Sadly, I’ve never had a beer that has done the same for me.
I see all of your postings about beer and hope to one day experience that feeling with beer. I have ones I’ve liked and ones that I tend to go to, but would just once have a great beer.
Now I’m rambling and hope I make a little sense.
Off topic: thanks for the Buddy Rich/Lewis post! I thoroughly enjoyed it. Always loved him (Rich) and enjoyed the antics of Lewis.
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I think the most interesting beer I had this year, was a coffee DIPA… Brasilian piece of work... Absolutely astonishing... Mate you can fucking wake me up any time of the day for a good cup of Joe, and if you add a DIPA to it... I'll be close to purring
What I like in a beer?.. Summat new, perhaps?.. Am I the only one who's growing tired of beers that are too sweet?.. I've found myself going for more "ordinary" stouts recently... Fuck me: barrel age 'm on anything and everything, but hold the multitude of sweet adds, please and thank you...
But it is so subjective, of course, as my main squeeze Jett29 pointed out... Mind you: he doesn't know he's my main squeeze and might be filing a report as we speak...
Whether or not beer has blown my (tiny) mind this year?.. Yeah... It has... On many, many occassions... And it's why I'll stick to this hobby (called alcoholism) for another year... I'm not at a position to both indulge in wine and beer financially, unfortunately, because I do love me some of the red Frenchies; but I can honestly tell you that wine has dissapointed me easily tenfold of how much beer has...
But it is subjective...
And I'm tired...
Although I love this language, I will just stick to posting some pictures for now... Lemme have an espresso, and I might add to this... Let's ramble!.. Let's all ramble!.. I love a good free-flow ramble...
